chirruping n. 吱喳声
v. (尤指小鸟)唧唧叫;(人)尖声说;(人)活泼高兴地说;抱怨;故意惹怒(某人)而说,奚落(chirrup 的现在分词,chirrup 等于 chirp)
- The woman walked forward among the boxes and bales of the lower deck, and, sitting down, busied herself with chirruping to her baby.
那妇人家从下层甲板上的货箱和棉花包中向前走去,最后坐定下来,唧唧喳喳地忙著哄她的娃娃。 - Central America has paradise beaches, Mayan ruins and chirruping, dayglo wildlife, but getting there is so hard that Mexico’s growing middle class tends to stick to Cancún.
中美洲拥有天堂般得海滩、玛雅遗址和热闹且奇异的野生动物,但是由于交通的不便,壮大中的墨西哥的中产还是比较喜欢呆在坎昆。 - The liveliest sounds at this hour were the cicadas chirruping on the trees and the frogs croaking in the pool;
这时候最热闹的,要数树上的蝉声与水里的蛙声;
Chirrup \Chir"rup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chirruped}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Chirruping}.] [See {Chirp}.]
To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup.